USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was the world’s first nuclear-powered carrier and a U.S. Navy icon. Commissioned in 1961, the “Big E” tracked John Glenn’s Friendship 7, enforced the Cuban Missile Crisis ...

Summary and Key Points: The USS Enterprise (CVN-65) was a revolutionary nuclear-powered aircraft carrier that served as a symbol of American strength for over 50 years. Launched in 1960, she was the ...

Here’s What You Need To Remember: Enterprise proved the viability of nuclear power for aircraft carriers, but in hindsight, that was the most forgettable of its achievements. it circled the globe ...

Here’s What You Need to Know: Enterprise proved the viability of nuclear power for aircraft carriers, but in hindsight that was the most forgettable of its achievements. The first nuclear-powered ...

Helena native Todd Schneckloth, of Maple Valley, Washington, served two tours as a Navy fixed wing air crewman during the Vietnam War, stationed on the nuclear aircraft carrier USS Enterprise.